Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-12-23

After 20 years of active business Hon.
j. X. Boies OF Hudson has sold his dry
goods stock to f. ii. Brown OF Blissfeld.
Alfred Joscelyn a school teacher In Hen
d-rson, Shiawasses county, who shot and
killed Tom. Morrison when that worthy
came into the school and threatened to
whip the teacher has been acquitted OF
the charge of manslaughter On the first
trial the jury disagreed.
Corunna, Fot Gratiot, Inlay City and
Manistique will be made presidential Of
fees Jan. LIST
Thomas J. Bailey has been appointed
assistant keeper OF the light house at
Grand Point Au Sable.
Mrs Calpurnia Fletcher OF Niles, widow
of the late Julius T.. Fletcher, has brought
suit against John w. McGuirk, a saloon
keeper, and his bondsmen, Dennis Murphy
and Donald Monro, for 10000 damages
alleging that her husbands death was
caused in part by liquor obtained at Nc
Guirk's saloon.
Merchants in Cadillac say that their
business is Injured because the Toledo
Ann Arbor Is Cadillac railroad company
does not pay its bills
are raising funds with which to purchase
a Slu,t o. organ for university hall
Lieut.. Wendall Simpson has been APP
pointed TO succeed Lieut.. Lockwood as
military instructor at the agriculture
college.
I'D. Hoag of Big Rapids left his home
some time ago TO go TO Owensboro, KY.
to wed a young lady Of that place. Nothing
was hea from him until the 18th inst,
when his body was found near Owensboro.
1t is thought he wandered away while
temporarily insane and persisted.
Daniels, the man accused OF the murder
of Jerry White near Flushing, has con
fessed that he killed White, and says he
was prompted to commit the crime by his
wife.
Fuller q Son OF Minneapolis, will move
their woodworking establishment to
Kalamazoo soon.
Jacob Mitchell an honored citizen OF
Kalamazoo, is dead.
The first through train over the Minneap.
oils, Sault Ste Marie d Atlantic road,
reached the $500" on the 10th inst.
Eugene NJ. Converse, just sent TO states
prison from Calhoun county for embez.
Element, Is employed at packing knives
and forks for shipment.
Miss Marion Chase, for many years
teacher OF history in the Kalamazoo col
lege, died the other day at the Alma sanI-
tarium of nervous prostration. Aged A.
The state Sunday school convention
held in Kalamazoo raised s, 500 for the
work in this state AMI elected officers "a
follows: President, Rev. Washington
Gardner OF Albion; yice-presidents, j. r.
Blake of Union CITY, Rev. Kerr Il. Upper
Of Grand Rapids, aud &. NJ. Miller of Han
cock; recording secretary, +. w. Miller OF
Big Rapids; statistical secretary, NJ. II
Reynolds OF Owosso; treasurer, l.. c.
Reed Of Jackson; executive committee, E
A. Hough Of jackson, J. NJ. Ballou Of OF
sego, George NJ. Buck Of Kalamazoo h.
u. Runnell Of New Buffalo, +. X. Warren
OF Three Rivers, q. X. Holt OF Jackson
Horace Hitchcock Of Detroit, IL. L. Collin
OF Cold water, and j. L. Armstrong of
Jackson District vice presidents: First.
Frank j. Curtis, OF Detroit; second, II. NJ
Morey OF Marsha ! third, James Bailey of
Benton Harbor; fourth, Z. Z. Bick nell of
Cedar Springs, fifth T. ). Jewell OF Ionia;
sixth, Jonathan Palmer of Flint; seventh,
Clarence l.. Judd of East Saginaw, eighth
ID. T. Breed of Reed CITY; ninth, Rev. l.
". Mckeevor of Ludington; tenth, e. A.
Cr4w ord of Traverse City; eleventh., w.
Ii. W alker Of Tawas CITY; twelfth, w. {.
A. Bugbee of Cheboye an fourteenth, Rev.
John Ferries of st. lgnace fifteenth, J. f.
Laycock Of Stephenson, Menominee coun
~ xteenth, f. L. Wright OF Hancock.
Wilbur H. Hill the Michigan lumber
king, died at his home in East Saginaw on
the 10Th inst.
A farmers institute will be held in ltha-
ca February 2 and 3
The Brotherhood of the state grange
numbers 10 100.
A farmer named Wiser, living near Hol
and, lost his barn and the seasons crops
by fire the other night.
The small tribe OF Pottawatomie Indians
on the reservation near Athens Calhoun
county, intend - max an effort to secure
certain moneys and lands granted tn EN-
under the treaty Of /, 3 which they have
never received.